A PDF is a program that pretends to be paper.

PDFGame started from one delightful fact: the file format the world uses for invoices and boarding passes can run JavaScript, and people have used that to make Doom, Tetris and Breakout play inside a document.

What we do

• Collect PDF games. We host playable copies, explain how each one works, test where it runs and credit its author. See all games.
• Make a few of our own. Snake, Minesweeper and 2048 are written by us as hand-built PDFs, with their scripts left uncompressed so anyone can read them.
• Turn your PDFs into games. Our PDF to Game tool builds quizzes, flashcards and puzzles from a document — entirely inside your browser.

Credits

The collection exists because of the people who made these games. Thank you to:

• ading2210 — Doom PDF (source)
• Thomas Rinsma — PDF Tetris (source)
• Omar Rizwan — Breakout PDF (source)

Some games reached us without an author's name. If you made one of them, email [email protected] and we'll credit you — or take it down if you prefer.

Contact

Submissions, corrections, takedown requests and partnership questions: [email protected].